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Ocular involvement in mucormycosis during COVID-19 and post-COVID 19 syndrome: a new challenge in ophthalmology

Fernando Godin-Estrada1, Laura Alejandra Acevedo-Espitia2, Valentina Delgado, Michael Gregorio Ortega-Sierra3, Ivan David Lozada Martinez4
Ophthalmol J 2021;6:223-226.

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